{"title":"California Cult Wines - Screaming Eagle, Harlan, Bryant Family, et al.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBut what is a \"\u003cstrong\u003ecult wine\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" exactly?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey encapsulate three main things:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExclusivity\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHigh Quality\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; a \u003cstrong\u003eDevoted Following\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the first vines were planted in Napa Valley in 1839, this remarkable region has blossomed into one of the world's most prestigious wine-producing areas. However, it was the groundbreaking \u003cstrong\u003e1976 Judgment of Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e that truly placed \u003cstrong\u003eNapa Valley\u003c\/strong\u003e on the global wine map. Its resounding success in a head-to-head tasting against renowned French wines propelled Napa Valley into the public eye, establishing it as a significant player in the realm of fine wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFast forward to the mid-1990s to the 2000s\u003c\/span\u003e, a group of up-and-coming producers entered the scene and forever transformed Napa Valley's wine landscape. These trailblazers, commonly known as \"\u003cstrong\u003ecult wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\" producers, established the benchmarks against which all other Napa Valley wines would be judged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eDefining a 'Cult Wine'\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo earn the unofficial designation of \"\u003cstrong\u003ecult wine\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" three qualifications must be met. First, these wines must receive\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eglowing reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom prominent wine critics like Robert Parker and Wine Spectator. Second, they must have\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elimited availability\u003c\/strong\u003e, creating an aura of exclusivity. Finally, these wines command\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehigh prices\u003c\/strong\u003e, reflecting their \u003cstrong\u003eexceptional quality\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the mid-1990s to 2000s, collectors were captivated by these cult wines. With critical acclaim and limited availability, wine enthusiasts found themselves vying for these highly coveted bottles. This frenzy led to the birth of the \"cult wine\" phenomenon, propelling Napa Valley's reputation to even greater heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNapa Cult Wines: The Inner Circle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese cult wines represent some of the best California wines. Among the renowned producers crafting these sought-after bottles are Screaming Eagle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHarlan,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBryant Family,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eColgin, Dominus, and Dalla Valle. Since the 1990s, these wineries have consistently produced top-quality wines and are widely regarded as the original \"cult wines\" of California. Acquiring these exceptional bottles can be challenging, as they are primarily allocated to longstanding members of exclusive mailing lists or sold at a premium on the secondary market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eScreaming Eagle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/winery-screaming-eagle-wines\" title=\"Screaming Eagle Wines\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eScreaming Eagle\u003c\/a\u003e produces one of the world's greatest wines from its exceptional vineyard in Oakville. The estate was founded in the early 1990s and shaped by legendary winemaker Heidi Barrett, crafting wines of immense complexity, balance, and longevity. Bottles are released in limited production and often sell out upon arrival, creating a cult-like craze among Napa collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHarlan Estate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Harlan Estate Wines\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/winery-harlan-estate\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHarlan Estate\u003c\/a\u003e has often been regarded as California's \"First Growth\" due in large part to proprietor Bill Harlan. Harlan waited 12 years to release the inaugural vintage, enlisting Michel Rolland, Bob Levy, and Don Weaver to craft exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon from the 36-acre Oakville vineyard. Ultimately, the estate has transformed into one of fine wine's most successful empires, catapulting sibling wineries, BOND, Promontory, The Maiden, and The Mascot into Napa prestige. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBryant Family Wines\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bryant Family Wines\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/winery-bryant-family-vineyards\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBryant Family Vineyards\u003c\/a\u003e was established in the early 1990s by Don Bryant, who quickly recruited Helen Turley and David Abreu to lead the winemaking, resulting in one of Napa's finest Cabernets. The 1997 Bryant Family Cabernet consequently earned a 100-point mark from Robert Parker, who stated the wine \"redefine[d] greatness in Cabernet Sauvignon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eColgin Cellars\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/winery-colgin-cellars\" title=\"Colgin Cellars\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColgin Cellars\u003c\/a\u003e is best known for crafting four distinct Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blends from three exceptional sites. The estate has garnered an astounding fifty perfect scores since its inaugural vintage, leading Robert Parker to label Colgin as \"One of the Fifty Greatest Wine Estates in the World.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDominus Estate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/winery-dominus-estate\" title=\"Dominus Estate\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDominus Estate\u003c\/a\u003e is possibly Napa Valley's most \"Old World\" estate, with proprietor Christian Moueix bringing Bordeaux winemaking to the \"New World\" terroir. The estate lies on the iconic Napanook Vineyard, which proved perfect for Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. With the added help of  Jean-Claude Berrouet of Petrus, Dominus produces wines of immense elegance and aging potential. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDalla Valle Winery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/winery-dalla-valle-vineyards\" title=\"Dalla Valle Vineyards\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDalla Valle\u003c\/a\u003e consistently stands out as a beacon of winemaking brilliance from the Oakville AVA, crafting the heralded \"Maya\" label, a Bordeaux-style blend named after the founders' daughter. Today, Maya leads Dalla Valle, carrying on her parents' legacies and bringing expertise from Ornellaia, Masseto, Petrus, and Chateau Latour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSupply \u0026amp; Demand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rationale behind the inflated prices is quite simple: \u003cstrong\u003esupply and demand\u003c\/strong\u003e. Most of these cult producers have extremely limited production, primarily sold through mailing lists, with some reserved for select restaurants and personal use. The scarcity of these wines results in lengthy waiting lists at these wineries. Consequently, those fortunate enough to gain access to these exclusive lists often sell their allocations through auctions, attracting wine collectors willing to pay top dollar for the best Napa Valley wines. Thus, the prices of these wines have soared to astonishing levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the hefty price tags, these cult wines are unquestionably some of the \u003cstrong\u003ebest California wines\u003c\/strong\u003e available. They boast uncommon layers of complexity, richness, and depth, backed by critical acclaim that initially catapulted them into the spotlight. These wines didn't achieve their \"cult\" status by chance; it was the consistently high scores, sometimes reaching 100 points, awarded by major publications that elevated them to a class of their own. The major publications played a crucial role in igniting the fervor surrounding \"cult wines\" from Napa Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe Best California Wines\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe landscape of the cult wine scene during the mid-1990s to 2000s was fluid, with new producers entering the fray as older ones lost favor for various reasons. Debates over the best and the true cult wines will always vary depending on who you ask. Nevertheless, the undeniable impact of these producers on Napa Valley and California as a whole cannot be disputed. They elevated Napa Valley and California to one of the world's highest-quality wine regions. As the saying goes, \"a rising tide lifts all boats,\" and these \"cult wines\" have undeniably made Napa Valley synonymous with exceptional quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCult Wine Today\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ever-evolving scene of cult wines in Napa Valley has given rise to a core of producers worthy of the coveted title. Presently, the esteemed estates deserving of the \"cult wine\" moniker include Screaming Eagle, Scarecrow, Hundred Acre,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBryant Family,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHarlan,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSchrader,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eColgin, Dominus, and Dalla Valle. These wineries lead the way in Napa Valley, steeped in a deeply rooted history of revolutionizing its wines. Beloved by critics and recipients of multiple 100-point scores, they produce \u003cstrong\u003elimited quantities\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong\u003ehighly sought-after wines\u003c\/strong\u003e that collectors eagerly seek. These remarkable wines represent the best wines of Napa Valley, dazzling enthusiasts with their complexity, richness, and depth. If you are eager to add these extraordinary bottles to your collection at a reasonable price, you have arrived at the right place. Experience the essence of Cult Wine and purchase your bottle now!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bond-assortment-case-2001-6-pack-owc-750ml-melbury-vecina-st-eden","title":"2001 BOND, Terroir Portfolio, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls [Eden, Vecina, Melbury]","description":"RP98+ \"The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Melbury (a dead ringer for Pauillac) has an opaque blue\/purple color and an extraordinarily sweet nose of charcoal, lead pencil shavings, cedar wood, black currants, licorice and spice box. Full-bodied, with great intensity, purity and texture, this is a wonderfully dense, full-throttle wine that is still an adolescent and likely to stay one for at least another 5-7 years. Look for it to age gracefully well past 20-30+ years.\" RP May 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\"As long-time readers know, this is the brainchild of Harlan Estate’s Bill Harlan, who has signed the owners of these well-placed vineyards in selected microclimates in Napa Valley to long (quarter of a century) contracts. In the first decade, he has expanded the number of vineyard holdings to five separate wines in 2011, all made by the Harlan Estate winemaking team of Bob Levy and consulting enologist Michel Rolland. There were only three cuvees in 2001—from an 11-acre site on the western Oakville hillsides near Harlan Estate, the Vecina, St. Eden, an 11-acre stony knoll north of the Oakville Crossroad with a northern exposure, and from the steep slopes just north of Lake Hennessy with an eastern and southeastern exposure, east of Rutherford, the Melbury. All three 2001s showed phenomenally and are still very young wines, with at least 15 to 20 more years of upside potential. In fact, in a cold cellar, these wines probably have 40 or more years of aging potential, but few of us will be able to wait that long to see how they taste.\"","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963060498491,"sku":"USR:BON:BONA-PK06-2001-F0L0C0","price":3300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBONBONA-PK06-2001-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1742521322"},{"product_id":"bond-assortment-case-2003-8-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2003 BOND, Terroir Portfolio, Napa Valley, Case of 8 Btls [2 btl ea: Melbury, Quella, St. Eden, Vecina]","description":"RP98 \"The 2003 Pluribus (the debut vintage of this cuvee) performed spectacularly. Created from some of the estate’s youngest vines planted in decomposed white tufa volcanic soils at an elevation of 1,100 to 1,300 feet on Spring Mountain, it offers a stunning blue\/purple color, copious quantities of blueberries, black raspberries and violet-infused fruit intermixed with hints of foresty flora. Rich, full-bodied and pure, this beautiful 2003 is several years away from full maturity, but it should keep for two more decades.\" RP Jun 2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP97 \"The 2003 Melbury comes from a slopeside site on the northern side of Lake Hennessey, opposite the Rutherford valley floor. Winemaker Bob Levy compares the 2003 to the 2006 because of the wet winter and spring and the summer's heat spikes. A brilliant effort from sedimentary soil with rocks over compacted clay, it is a gorgeous wine offering raspberry, black currant, spring flower and blueberry characteristics along with a dense purple color, a full-bodied, multilayered mouthfeel and sweet tannin. This stunningly rich hillside Cabernet Sauvignon should reach full maturity in 4-5 years and keep for 15-20 years thereafter.\" RP Jun 2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP96+ \"The vineyard closest to the great Harlan Estate is Vecina, situated in the western foothills on the Oakville Crossroad overlooking the valley. From this 11-acre site, the 2003 Vecina comes closest in style to Harlan Estate, appearing like a hypothetical blend of a St. Estephe and Pauillac. A formidable wine, it reveals plenty of new saddle leather, creme de cassis, scorched earth and volcanic-like characteristics in addition to notes of blackberries, Chinese black tea and graphite. Powerful, intense and backward, it needs 2-5 years of bottle age and should last for two decades thereafter. It is a tour de force in winemaking!\" RP Jun 2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP94 \"The 2003 St. Eden comes from an 11-acre rocky knoll on the northern side of the Oakville Crossroad that consists of pure red soils. It is the most evolved and forward of these 2003 Bond wines. Lots of cedar, chocolate, roasted herb, lavender and spice box notes emerge from this complex Pauillac-like effort. Medium to full-bodied and fully mature, it is more evolved than its siblings, revealing sweet tannin as well as a spicy, earthy finish. Owners are advised to drink it over the next decade.\" RP Jun 2013","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963060826171,"sku":"USR:BON:BONA-PK08-2003-F0L0C0","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBONBONA-PK08-2003-F0L0C0_f49da65e-6a12-48b1-a6a5-086fc609ed4c.jpg?v=1718315895"},{"product_id":"bond-assortment-case-2003-12-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2003 BOND, Terroir Portfolio, Napa Valley, Case of 12 btls [Melbury, St. Eden, Pluribus, Vecina]","description":"RP98 \"The 2003 Pluribus (the debut vintage of this cuvee) performed spectacularly. Created from some of the estate’s youngest vines planted in decomposed white tufa volcanic soils at an elevation of 1,100 to 1,300 feet on Spring Mountain, it offers a stunning blue\/purple color, copious quantities of blueberries, black raspberries and violet-infused fruit intermixed with hints of foresty flora. Rich, full-bodied and pure, this beautiful 2003 is several years away from full maturity, but it should keep for two more decades.\" RP Jun 2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP97 \"The 2003 Melbury comes from a slopeside site on the northern side of Lake Hennessey, opposite the Rutherford valley floor. Winemaker Bob Levy compares the 2003 to the 2006 because of the wet winter and spring and the summer's heat spikes. A brilliant effort from sedimentary soil with rocks over compacted clay, it is a gorgeous wine offering raspberry, black currant, spring flower and blueberry characteristics along with a dense purple color, a full-bodied, multilayered mouthfeel and sweet tannin. This stunningly rich hillside Cabernet Sauvignon should reach full maturity in 4-5 years and keep for 15-20 years thereafter.\" RP Jun 2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP96+ \"The vineyard closest to the great Harlan Estate is Vecina, situated in the western foothills on the Oakville Crossroad overlooking the valley. From this 11-acre site, the 2003 Vecina comes closest in style to Harlan Estate, appearing like a hypothetical blend of a St. Estephe and Pauillac. A formidable wine, it reveals plenty of new saddle leather, creme de cassis, scorched earth and volcanic-like characteristics in addition to notes of blackberries, Chinese black tea and graphite. Powerful, intense and backward, it needs 2-5 years of bottle age and should last for two decades thereafter. It is a tour de force in winemaking!\" RP Jun 2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP94 \"The 2003 St. Eden comes from an 11-acre rocky knoll on the northern side of the Oakville Crossroad that consists of pure red soils. It is the most evolved and forward of these 2003 Bond wines. Lots of cedar, chocolate, roasted herb, lavender and spice box notes emerge from this complex Pauillac-like effort. Medium to full-bodied and fully mature, it is more evolved than its siblings, revealing sweet tannin as well as a spicy, earthy finish. Owners are advised to drink it over the next decade.\" RP Jun 2013","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963061022779,"sku":"USR:BON:BONA-PK12-2003-F0L0C0","price":5250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRBONBONA-PK12-2003-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1631660007"},{"product_id":"bond-melbury-2002-750ml","title":"2002 Bond, Melbury, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP100 \"The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Melbury, which comes from a hillside vineyard site near Lake Hennessey, is showing even better than it did in its youth. Probably years away from full maturity, the wine has an extraordinary aromatic profile of smoky meats intermixed with blackberry, creme de cassis, charcoal, lead pencil shavings and espresso. Dense, opulent and full-bodied, with terrific fruit, this is a showcase style of vintage for a wine of such great ripeness and massive intensity. This extraordinary effort displays oodles of glycerin and fabulous purity, while the oak has been completely absorbed. The cooler hillside climate of blue fruits and spring flowers is also present as the wine aerates in the glass. This wine has at least another 15-30 years of potential ahead of it.\" RP Jun 2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"This is the newest brainchild of the irrepressible Bill Harlan and his sensational winemaking team of Bob Levy and Michel Rolland. These are all 100% terroir-based Cabernet Sauvignons from distinctive sites in Napa Valley. There are 600-700 cases of each cuvee. The Melbury represents a hillside vineyard site above Lake Hennessy, the St. Eden is a valley floor vineyard in the Oakville corridor, and Vecina is a western hillside vineyard adjacent to Harlan Estate. I also tasted a stunning wine from Spring Mountain, which may be the next site that Bill Harlan offers to Bond’s mailing list clients. The quality of these singular, extraordinary offerings is world-class.\" Published: Dec 25, 2005","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963062333499,"sku":"USR:BON:BONM-0750-2002-F0L0C0","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRBONBONM-0750-2002-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1591836730"},{"product_id":"bond-pluribus-2006-750ml","title":"2006 Bond, Pluribus, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP94 The 2006 E Pluribus, like all of these Cabernet Sauvignons, is youthful, with an opaque purple color and a big, sweet nose of blueberry liqueur intermixed with spring flowers and wet rocks. Full-bodied, powerful, and backward, with sweet tannin but formidable structure, this wine needs to be cellared for 4-5 years and drunk over the following 25 years.\u003cbr\u003eBond, Pluribus, Napa Valley","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963067019323,"sku":"USR:BON:BONP-0750-2006-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBONBONP-0750-2006-F0L0C0_3fd50522-d63d-449c-a3cc-497b8c14463b.jpg?v=1768594566"},{"product_id":"bond-quella-2006-750ml","title":"2006 Bond, Quella, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"VM95 \"The 2006 Quella is another gorgeous wine from BONDS’s Spring Valley site. Bright red and blue stone fruit, mint, spice, lavender and crushed rocks are some of the signatures. Delineated and vibrant, with plenty of grip and overall density, the 2006 will drink well for another decade plus. This is an especially virile, potent Quella with all the elements in the right place.\" AG for VM Nov 2017","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963067576379,"sku":"USR:BON:BONQ-0750-2006-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBONBONQ-0750-2006-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1696435472"},{"product_id":"bond-st-eden-2002-750ml","title":"2002 Bond, St Eden, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP100 The 2002 St. Eden, which comes from a valley floor vineyard in the Oakville corridor, is unreal. I had given the 2001 a perfect score, but the 2002 (made by the brain trust of on-site winemaker Bob Levy and outside French consultant Michel Rolland) is showing incredible elements of cedarwood, licorice, chocolate and creme de cassis as well as exquisite texture, full-bodied intensity, and unbelievable purity and length. It is only the second vintage for this vineyard, leased by Bill Harlan for several decades, and it has turned out to be a killer Cabernet Sauvignon and a great classic of Napa. It should drink well for 20-25 years. \u003cbr\u003eBond, St Eden, Napa Valley","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963068690491,"sku":"USR:BON:BONS-0750-2002-F0L0C0","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/usrbonbons-0750-2002-f0l0c0.jpg?v=1611880033"},{"product_id":"bond-vecina-2002-750ml","title":"2002 Bond, Vecina, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP97 \"Intense aromas of mint, fine leather and ripe cherries emerge on the nose of the 2002 Vecina, which comes from a site near Harlan Estate, in the western hills of Oakville. It's full-bodied, supple and charming, with a long, long finish. While mature, it's in no danger of going off a cliff anytime soon.\" JC for TWA Mar 2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAG98 \"The 2002 Vecina is a total turn-on. The warm, radiant vintage has softened some of the natural Vecina gravitas. Powerful and ample in all directions, but with great aromatic freshness and vivacity, the 2002 will thrill readers who own it for another 15-20 years. In a word: superb.\" AG for VM Mar 2017","brand":"Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963071868987,"sku":"USR:BON:BONV-0750-2002-F0L0C0","price":549.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRBONBONV-0750-2002-F0L0C0_ecf1d3d0-c606-46c0-aa76-b19836683f54.jpg?v=1591836714"},{"product_id":"bryant-family-1994-750ml","title":"1994 Bryant Family Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98 \"A potentially perfect wine, the 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts a fabulous nose of cassis, cream, blueberries, violets, minerals, and spice. It smells like a hypothetical blend of a great vintage of L'Evangile, Clinet, and Mouton-Rothschild. The opaque purple\/black color is followed by a full-bodied wine stacked and packed with fruit, glycerin, and extract. No component part is out of place in this formidably endowed, remarkably well-balanced wine. The purity, richness, sweetness and depth of fruit suggest that the wine's potential is limitless. Much like its cellarmate, the 1994 Colgin Cabernet Sauvignon (also made by Helen Turley), the Bryant Family Vineyard's 1994 should evolve into one of California's legendary Cabernets. It will age effortlessly for 25-30 years.\" RP Dec 1996\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"The wine's purity, presence, and finish are unbelievable. I predict this wine will turn out to be a legend!\nBryant's opaque black\/purple-colored Cabernets are fermented with wild yeast and bottled without any clarification techniques such as filtration. They also receive a pre-fermentation five day cold maceration. This technique is used by consultant Helen Turley for all the Cabernet Sauvignons she makes.\" BT 96-100Pts Published: Apr 25, 1996","brand":"Bryant Family","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963081175099,"sku":"USR:BRY:BRYA-0750-1994-F0L0C0","price":565.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBRYBRYA-0750-1994-F0L0C0_c19a8270-e1ee-4743-bf2f-4914c5df124a.jpg?v=1780508644"},{"product_id":"bryant-family-1995-750ml","title":"1995 Bryant Family Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP99 \"The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon is cut from the same mold as the profound 1996, displaying astonishing levels of black fruits (the usual suspects - blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and cassis), phenomenal concentration, and virtually perfect balance and equilibrium.  I recently wrote an article in Food and Wine magazine itemizing the characteristics of a great wine. They are: 1) the ability to please both the palate and the intellect, 2) the ability to hold the taster's interest, 3) the ability to offer intense aromas and flavors without heaviness, 4) the ability to taste better with each sip, 5) the ability to improve with age, and 6) the ability to offer a singular personality. This wine satisfies every one of those requirements.  I often wonder if I get too excited about wines such as this. Yet time is on their side. I truly believe that in 20, 40, or 60 years, when the history of what appears to be a golden age for California wines is analyzed, these wines, and the work of their winemaker, will be even more admired and appreciated by future generations than they are today.\" RP Dec 1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"I recently wrote an article in Food and Wine magazine itemizing the characteristics of a great wine. They are: 1) the ability to please both the palate and the intellect, 2) the ability to hold the taster's interest, 3) the ability to offer intense aromas and flavors without heaviness, 4) the ability to taste better with each sip, 5) the ability to improve with age, and 6) the ability to offer a singular personality. This wine satisfies every one of those requirements.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI often wonder if I get too excited about wines such as this. Yet time is on their side. I truly believe that in 20, 40, or 60 years, when the history of what appears to be a golden age for California wines is analyzed, these wines, and the work of their winemaker, will be even more admired and appreciated by future generations than they are today.\" Published: Dec 18, 1997","brand":"Bryant Family","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963085664315,"sku":"USR:BRY:BRYA-0750-1995-F0L0C0","price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBRYBRYA-0750-1995-F0L0C0_31e06af6-437e-48f3-842d-59002ed6a479.jpg?v=1703100966"},{"product_id":"bryant-family-2001-750ml","title":"2001 Bryant Family Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"Robert Parker writes, \"In less than a decade this has become one of the qualitative titan\/blue blood Cabernet Sauvignons of Napa Valley. The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon (1,200 cases), produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, is a virtually perfect effort, rivaling both the 1997 and 1994. Its inky blue\/black\/purple color is followed by a phenomenally pure bouquet of blackberry liqueur intermixed with minerals, licorice, and toast. The wine is fabulously concentrated, with that seamless characteristic found in the greatest wines, the building blocks of this Cabernet, acid, alcohol, and tannin, are interwoven into a majestic, multidimensional, compelling wine of extraordinary richness, length, and aromatic splendor. This is a New World legend in the making. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2030.\" BT 97-100Pts Published: Aug 30, 2002","brand":"Bryant Family","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963100278843,"sku":"USR:BRY:BRYA-0750-2001-F0L0C0","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBRYBRYA-0750-2001-F0L0C0_4a82c9c3-77ed-4edc-8d4f-0a6960c397d8.jpg?v=1769192800"},{"product_id":"bryant-family-2004-750ml","title":"2004 Bryant Family Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98 \"It is well-known that many of the vineyards and terroirs on Pritchard Hill can be magical, and this is unquestionably one of them. Bryant’s 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts a dense ruby\/purple color along with exceptional aromatics consisting of stunningly pure blackberry, black raspberry and floral scents, full body and an opulent personality. Although this estate went through a few hiccups during its change in winemakers in 2001, the 2004 clearly shows this estate has come back with a vengeance. This stunning 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the superstars of the vintage. Drink it over the next two decades.\" RP Apr 2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"Winemaking consultant Philippe Melka was let go at Bryant, with Mark Aubert becoming the full-time winemaker working in conjunction with globe-trotting oenologist and consultant Michel Rolland.\" Published: Dec 27, 2007","brand":"Bryant Family","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963101556795,"sku":"USR:BRY:BRYA-0750-2004-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBRYBRYA-0750-2004-F0L0C0_49a066c6-3d99-4f22-93c2-8c7e8e1ea8cb.jpg?v=1682619536"},{"product_id":"bryant-family-2006-750ml","title":"2006 Bryant Family Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP97 \"Tasted at the winery from magnum, Bryant's 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon is reasonably mature, well into its drinking window, revealing scents of tobacco, scorched leaves and cherries on the nose. Still fresh and vibrant on the palate, this medium- to full-bodied wine is plump and generous, tremendously silky and long on the finish. This is from the Mark Aubert era at Bryant.\" JC for TWA Jun 2025","brand":"Bryant Family","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963102048315,"sku":"USR:BRY:BRYA-0750-2006-F0L0C0","price":365.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBRYBRYA-0750-2006-F0L0C0_dab08bdf-f4a4-4dd7-8d4f-ebe0f8cf9201.jpg?v=1742521309"},{"product_id":"bryant-family-2007-750ml","title":"2007 Bryant Family Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"JS98 \"A very opulent, yet fresh nose. Perfumed with fresh mushrooms, currants, and blackberries.  Full bodied with an amazing density of fruit, and ripe velvety tannins. So big and compacted, with a superb structure. Very 2006 in style but with much more intensity. The fruit amazing and intense. Leave this for another five or six years. 900 cases. Pull the cork after 2016.\" JS Apr 2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRP97+ \"The star of this trio is the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (907 cases). Beautiful aromas of blueberry liqueur, blackberries, camphor, incense and acacia flowers is followed by a well-textured, full-bodied, stunningly opulent, voluptuous wine with plenty of structure lurking beneath the surface. Super-pure and intense, it is the strongest wine produced by Byrant over the last 4-5 years. It needs 3-4 years of cellaring and should keep for three decades.\" RP Dec 2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWS97 \"At points rustic and rough-hewn, but also enormously complex and layered, with dense, elegant herb, olive, cedar, blackberry and wild berry fruit that is full-blown and tightly focused, rich and layered, gaining velocity on the finish while retaining a sense of wildness.\" JL for WS Oct 2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"One of Napa Valley’s most beautiful vineyards is Don Bryant’s vineyard high on Pritchard Hill, just below Colgin and Tim Mondavi’s Continuum and not far from such other benchmark properties as Chappellet, Del Dotto and David Arthur. These are all 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, but the production rarely passes 1,000 cases, even in the most abundant vintages.\" Published: Dec 22, 2010","brand":"Bryant Family","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963102146619,"sku":"USR:BRY:BRYA-0750-2007-F0L0C0","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRBRYBRYA-0750-2007-F0L0C0_d026298a-8cc3-49b4-aa95-bf1e03d9e14d.jpg?v=1773257647"},{"product_id":"colgin-cariad-2005-750ml","title":"2005 Colgin Cellars, Cariad, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP100 \"The blend that Colgin fashions from three vineyards owned by David Abreu (Madrona, Thorevilos and Howell Mountain) is called Cariad. The 2005 Proprietary Red Cariad consists of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 9% Petit Verdot. Offering up spring flowers and garden aromas, sweet blueberry and black raspberry fruit, a touch of charcoal embers, graphite and background toast, it is fleshy and full-bodied, and again, meriting a three-digit score. This is absolutely remarkable wine. As it sat in the glass, it developed some rather compelling chocolaty, licorice undertones. This is a great classic to drink over the next 20-25 years. By the way, for those interested, the cooperage generally chosen is dominated by Taransaud barrels, but there are at least four different coopers.\" RP Jun 2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"Things are changing at this stunningly beautiful winery and estate (around 20 acres at the home property) overlooking Lake Hennessey at an elevation of 900-1,000 feet. The famed wine consultant Dr. Alain Raynaud from Bordeaux remains a fixture as an outside influence coming in to lend his expertise, but well-known winemaker Mark Aubert has left the premises, replaced by his assistant Allison Tauziet. The vineyard manager for the stars and mega-millionaires of Napa, David Abreu, remains in charge of overseeing everything from pruning to canopy management to crop-thinning decisions, and as everyone knows, he is a perfectionist. And of course, the guiding lights remain the proprietors, Ann Colgin, and her husband, Joe Wender.\" Published Dec 27, 2007","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963118399547,"sku":"USR:COL:CARI-0750-2005-F0L0C0","price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRCOLCARI-0750-2005-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1645035942"},{"product_id":"colgin-cariad-2003-6-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2003 Colgin Cellars, Cariad, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls","description":"My favorite wine of this quartet is the 2003 Cariad, a proprietary blend (50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc) that comes from David Abreu-owned vineyards, primarily the Madrona Ranch in St. Helena. Its dense color is accompanied by a big, sweet bouquet of charcoal, white chocolate, spring flowers, meaty, blueberry and blackberry fruit. This stunningly complex, rich, full-bodied 2003 is just entering its plateau of full maturity. Drink this beauty over the next 10-15 years.\n\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Cariad, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963118694459,"sku":"USR:COL:CARI-PK06-2003-F0L0C0","price":2095.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLCARI-PK06-2003-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1769192994"},{"product_id":"colgin-tychson-hill-2000-750ml","title":"2000 Colgin Cellars, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml) [Rare First Vintage]","description":"\"The 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard is classic as well as a pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon’s creme de cassis, tobacco, cedary character. Expressive, rich, medium to full-bodied flavors, terrific ripeness, and surprising tannin and persistence are found in this pure 2000. Drink it over the next 12-15 years.\" RP Dec 2003\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963121774651,"sku":"USR:COL:COLT-0750-2000-F0L0C0","price":329.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRCOLCOLT-0750-2000-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1590191648"},{"product_id":"colgin-tychson-hill-2001-750ml","title":"2001 Colgin Cellars, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP 98 \"The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard (a valley floor site planted on a slight incline north of St. Helena) exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a beautifully sweet nose of creme de cassis, licorice, lead pencil shavings and pen ink. A classic Napa Cabernet Sauvignon with sweet tannin, full-bodied power and gorgeous purity and intensity, it will benefit from another 5-7 years of cellaring and should keep for 30+ years. (RP)\" (June 2011)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963122135099,"sku":"USR:COL:COLT-0750-2001-F0L0C0","price":469.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLCOLT-0750-2001-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1774886686"},{"product_id":"colgin-tychson-hill-2003-750ml","title":"2003 Colgin Cellars, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP96 \"The elegant, pure, stylish 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard offers stunning aromas of kirsch, red and black currants, cedarwood and vanillin. Tasting like a Napa version of Leoville Las Cases, this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is a rich, Bordeaux-like effort with beautiful elegance, finesse and harmony. It can be drunk now or cellared for another 10-15 years. When Colgin?s 2003s were made, winemaker Mark Aubert was working with Bordeaux consultant Dr. Alain Raynaud. Both remember 2003 as a year of small yields with a wet spring, a moderate summer, and huge heat spikes during the third week of September. (RP)\" (June 2013)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963122823227,"sku":"USR:COL:COLT-0750-2003-F0L0C0","price":349.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLCOLT-0750-2003-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1774886744"},{"product_id":"colgin-tychson-hill-2004-750ml","title":"2004 Colgin Cellars, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP 96 \"From a spectacular, gently sloping vineyard across from Freemark Abbey on Route 29, the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a first-growth Pauillac-like feel, with creme de cassis, licorice, cedarwood and Christmas fruitcake. A floral note also makes an appearance in this dense, purple-colored wine with full-bodied opulence, sweet tannin, and a terrific personality. This is approaching maturity and should continue to drink well for another 10-15 years. (RP)\" (June 2014)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963123576891,"sku":"USR:COL:COLT-0750-2004-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLCOLT-0750-2004-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1715377983"},{"product_id":"colgin-tychson-hill-2005-750ml","title":"2005 Colgin Cellars, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"AG97 \"Colgin's 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill is ripe, exotic and flashy, yet also remarkably fresh. A wine of intensity and pure Napa Valley voluptuousness, the 2005 hits all the right notes. Mocha, chocolate, dark cherry fruit and licorice are pushed forward in this sexy, racy, Tychson Hill. The 2005 is a real showstopper. (AG)\" (April 2016)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963123740731,"sku":"USR:COL:COLT-0750-2005-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLCOLT-0750-2005-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1715644834"},{"product_id":"colgin-tychson-hill-2004-3-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2004 Colgin Cellars, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley, Case of 3 Btls","description":"RP 96 \"From a spectacular, gently sloping vineyard across from Freemark Abbey on Route 29, the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a first-growth Pauillac-like feel, with creme de cassis, licorice, cedarwood and Christmas fruitcake. A floral note also makes an appearance in this dense, purple-colored wine with full-bodied opulence, sweet tannin, and a terrific personality. This is approaching maturity and should continue to drink well for another 10-15 years. (RP)\" (June 2014)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, Tychson Hill, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963124461627,"sku":"USR:COL:COLT-PK03-2004-F0L0C0","price":1195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRCOLCOLT-PK03-2004-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1602867801"},{"product_id":"colgin-herb-lamb-1993-750ml","title":"1993 Colgin Cellars, Herb Lamb Vineyard, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP95 This up and coming superstar has fashioned an outstanding 1994 and an outrageously rich, sumptuous 1993. The 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon Herb Lamb Vineyard (which has been bottled and will be released in 1996) should turn out to be one of the most exceptional wines of the vintage. The color is an opaque purple. The nose offers up cassis, blueberry, black-raspberry, and toasty scents, followed by gorgeously rich, sweet (from extract, not sugar) flavors, full body, gobs of glycerin, and wonderfully ripe tannin in the intense finish that must last for 40+ seconds. It is an exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon that will be approachable upon release; it will age for 20+ years. It is a tour de force in wine-making. It should come as no surprise that the genius behind these wines is Helen Turley. Readers are advised to get on the winery's mailing list in order to secure some of these extremely limited production wines, which are largely sold via the winery's mailing list.","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963126493243,"sku":"USR:COL:HERB-0750-1993-F0L0C0","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLHERB-0750-1993-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1774048625"},{"product_id":"colgin-ix-estate-2003-750ml","title":"2003 Colgin Cellars, IX Estate Red, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP 96+ \"The 2003 IX Estate Proprietary Red is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from their steep hillside vineyards. The youngest, tightest, most masculine wine of this quartet, it will benefit from another 5-6 years of cellaring and should have 25 years of life ahead of it. This impressive, blue\/purple-colored 2003 behaves more like a 4- to 5-year-old wine than one that is a decade old. It is just beginning to strut its full potential. There is a roasted meaty character to this beauty, along with plenty of cassis, blackberries, blueberries, incense and spring flower notes. It admirably reveals the great terroir Ann Colgin and her husband, Joe Wender, have unlocked high above Lake Hennessey. (RP)\" (June 2013)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, IX Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963130228795,"sku":"USR:COL:IXES-0750-2003-F0L0C0","price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRCOLIXES-0750-2003-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1634165171"},{"product_id":"colgin-ix-estate-2004-750ml","title":"2004 Colgin Cellars, IX Estate Red, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP 97 \"The same could be said for the 2004 IX Estate Proprietary Red, a blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot. Deep purple to the rim with sweet blackberry, creosote, camphor, forest floor and fruitcake notes, sweet tannin and a layered mouthfeel, this wine builds incrementally offering up power, but also elegance. It is a spectacular wine from a great site. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.\"\u003cbr\u003eColgin, IX Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963130490939,"sku":"USR:COL:IXES-0750-2004-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLIXES-0750-2004-F0L0C0_e5b93478-4ca5-4a47-8b4a-b1134bce180c.jpg?v=1715378043"},{"product_id":"colgin-ix-estate-2005-750ml","title":"2005 Colgin Cellars, IX Estate Red, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98+ \"Lastly, the 2005 Proprietary Red IX Estate, from one of the most strikingly beautiful vineyards in all of Napa, high on Pritchard Hill overlooking Lake Hennessey, is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Inky purple with a provocative and profound bouquet of graphite, white flowers, cassis and blackberry as well as hints of coffee and chocolate, this full-bodied classic has perfect balance, undeniable purity and a long finish. Drink it now and over the next 20 years.\"","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963130589243,"sku":"USR:COL:IXES-0750-2005-F0L0C0","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRCOLIXES-0750-2005-F0L0C0_cf9dca61-0a71-4c91-a671-92935df38b71.jpg?v=1715378151"},{"product_id":"colgin-ix-estate-2003-6-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2003 Colgin Cellars, IX Estate Red, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls","description":"RP 96+ \"The 2003 IX Estate Proprietary Red is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from their steep hillside vineyards. The youngest, tightest, most masculine wine of this quartet, it will benefit from another 5-6 years of cellaring and should have 25 years of life ahead of it. This impressive, blue\/purple-colored 2003 behaves more like a 4- to 5-year-old wine than one that is a decade old. It is just beginning to strut its full potential. There is a roasted meaty character to this beauty, along with plenty of cassis, blackberries, blueberries, incense and spring flower notes. It admirably reveals the great terroir Ann Colgin and her husband, Joe Wender, have unlocked high above Lake Hennessey. (RP)\" (June 2013)\u003cbr\u003eColgin, IX Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Colgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963131211835,"sku":"USR:COL:IXES-PK06-2003-F0L0C0","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRCOLIXES-PK06-2003-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1604697669"},{"product_id":"dominus-1994-750ml","title":"1994 Dominus Estate, Christian Moueix, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP99 \"Christian Moueix and his talented winemaking team continue to rewrite the definition of a Napa Valley reference point wine. I have had a difficult time keeping the corks in my bottles of 1994 Dominus. Eight-thousand cases were produced from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Cabernet Franc, 12% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. In this vintage, 174 days passed between bud break and the harvest, a remarkable period of time for any wine region in the world. The 1994 is a strikingly thick, compellingly rich wine with the texture of a great Pomerol, despite being made primarily from Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine exhibits a dense purple color, and an incredibly fragrant nose of jammy black fruits, spice, smoke, and loamy, truffle-like scents. In the mouth, it is full-bodied, with thrilling levels of extract and richness, but no sense of heaviness or harshness. This seamless Dominus possesses no hard edges, as its acidity, tannin, and alcohol are beautifully meshed with copious quantities of ripe fruit. This wine offers early drinking, yet has the potential to last for 30+ years.\" RP Dec 1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLP99 \"A blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot, the 1994 Dominus has a deep garnet-brick color. It storms out of the glass with powerful notes of plum preserves, blackcurrant jelly, stewed cherries, and dried blueberries, followed by wafts of candied violets, licorice, unsmoked cigars, and crushed rocks. The medium to full-bodied palate is completely coated with expressive black and blue fruit layers, supported by velvety tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing long and earthy.\" LPB for TWI Mar 2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"On what I suppose is a distressing note, I have noticed huge demand for Dominus in recent auction activity. At a Sotheby's auction on October 25, Dominus fetched prices of $23,150 for one imperial of 1991, and $10,450 for two 1991 double magnums. Although none of this is the fault of anybody at Dominus (blame Christian Moueix and his team for producing profound wine) if this trend continues, I wonder how any true amateurs will be able to afford the wine.\" Published: Dec 18, 1997","brand":"Dominus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963139698747,"sku":"USR:DOM:DOMI-0750-1994-F0L0C0","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRDOMDOMI-0750-1994-F0L0C0_569ebb72-4dc2-4fa0-8f2f-38e76f7da0c8.jpg?v=1739764885"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1991-750ml","title":"1991 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98 \"I had the privilege of tasting the exquisite 1991 from barrel. Finally, 938 cases of the 1991 have been bottled unfiltered and released. Produced from a rocky, terraced vineyard on the western hillsides of Napa, looking down on Martha's Vineyard and the Oakville Grade area, this wine is one of the most promising and profound Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines made in California. Bill Harlan, proprietor of the luxurious Meadowood Country Club and Resort, has dreamed of producing a classic California Cabernet for years, and he experimented with small micro-vinifications from the mid-eighties. The 1991 will finally bring to the world's attention what Bill Harlan, along with his two wine-makers, Bob Levy of Merryvale and Michel Rolland of France, has achieved.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 1991, two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon with the balance Cabernet Franc and Merlot, is even more impressive now than it was earlier. The wine boasts an opaque purple\/dark ruby color, followed by an extraordinarily profound bouquet of sweet cassis, vanilla, minerals, toast, chocolate, and tobacco. Remarkably rich, full-bodied, and layered, with thrilling extract levels, yet soft tannin, this wine continues to remind me of a California fantasy blend of La Mission-Haut-Brion and Cheval Blanc. Strikingly powerful and intense, as well as unequivocally graceful, it is a compelling wine that propels Harlan Estate into the upper echelon of Cabernet Sauvignon wine producers. The only opportunity readers will have to latch onto a bottle of these extraordinary wines (the exquisite packaging - note the Rubenesque female figure caressing a succulent bunch of grapes - is also admirable) is to get their names on the winery's mailing list.\" RP Dec 1995\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"Harlan Estate, owned by Bill Harlan, is a luxury, world-class, Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine produced from a steep, terraced vineyard on the western side of Napa Valley, high above Napa's famous Martha's Vineyard. Approximately 24 acres are in vine and the yields to date have been very low. Bill Harlan, better-known as one of the principals of Merryvale Vineyards and Napa's exquisite Meadowood Country Club and Resort, has only one objective: to produce one of the greatest red wines of California. Based on the 1991, 1992 and 1993 vintages, Harlan Estate will create quite a frenzy among wine enthusiasts. The 1991, to be released in September, 1995, is limited in quantity as fewer than 1,000 cases were produced.\" Published: Dec 22, 1994\n","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963162931259,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-1991-F0L0C0","price":2395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-0750-1991-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1630086637"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1992-750ml","title":"1992 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP96 \"The newest release, the 1992, offers a dense purple color, and a splendid sweet nose of minerals, blackcurrants, toast, and spice. Opulent and rich, with full body, and well-integrated sweet tannin, this expansive yet graceful wine possesses layers of flavor that caress the palate. The wine is accessible, yet still youthful and unformed. It should drink well for 20+ years. Dazzling wines! I urge interested readers to get their names on the winery's mailing list if they want to purchase these wines. (RP)\" (December 1996)","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963164176443,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-1992-F0L0C0","price":1595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-1992-F0L0C0_99bfe400-7787-422c-9f95-2576ec8f0d2f.jpg?v=1769192955"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1994-750ml","title":"1994 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP100 \"What can I say about the 1994? I have tasted the wine for three consecutive years, and each time it satisfied all of my requirements for perfection. The opaque purple color is followed by spectacular aromatics that soar from the glass, offering up celestial levels of black currants, minerals, smoked herbs, cedar wood, coffee, and pain grille. In the mouth, this seamless legend reveals full body, and exquisite layers of phenomenally pure and rich fruit, followed by a 40+ second finish. While accessible, the 1994 begs for another 5-7 years of cellaring. It should easily last for 30+ years. Every possible jagged edge - acidity, alcohol, tannin, and wood - is brilliantly intertwined in what seems like a diaphanous format. What is so extraordinary about this large-scaled wine, with its dazzling display of aromatics and prodigious flavors and depth, is that it offers no hint of heaviness or coarseness. Harlan's 1994 comes close to immortality in the glass.\" RP Dec 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo compromises are made in producing this dazzling wine. Proprietor Bill Harlan, assisted by his winemaker, Bob Levy, and consulting oenologist, France's Michel Rolland, have turned out a wine of exquisite richness and complexity. The wine offers the intensity one expects from a top California Cabernet-based wine, yet it incorporates a sense of grace, complexity, and elegance that clearly places it in the top echelon of California wines. ... The wine, which is reminiscent of a hypothetical blend of a great California Cabernet and equal parts La Mission-Haut-Brion, Cheval Blanc, and Mouton-Rothschild, is a must purchase for those with the requisite discretionary income and ability to track down a few bottles of this knock-out wine.","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963165028411,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-1994-F0L0C0","price":3195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-1994-F0L0C0_3d79eba3-abf7-43cf-a7f7-d1a805c234ec.jpg?v=1753807930"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1996-750ml","title":"1996 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98 \"The opaque purple-colored 1996 Harlan Estate reveals extraordinary intensity, a spicy, black currant, tobacco, cedar, and fruit cake-scented bouquet, full body, a texture oozing with glycerin and concentrated fruit, and moderate tannin in the blockbuster finish. It is one of the most concentrated and complete red wines one could hope to taste.\" RP Dec 1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"The 1996 Harlan Estate appears to be one of the vintage's most noteworthy offerings. Some 1996s tend to be rustic, with more obtrusive tannin than their 1995 and 1994 counterparts, but that charge cannot be made here. The 1996 exhibits a tell-tale opaque purple\/plum color, as well as a spectacular soaring nose of wood fire, roasted herbs, black currants, tobacco, minerals, and all spice. The wine is full-bodied and multi-layered, with terrific flavor concentration, well-integrated tannin, and a blockbuster finish. This is another candidate for perfection. As accolades spilled from my mouth like a baby dribbling milk, I was told the wine had been bottled the day before my visit!\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nProprietor Bill Harlan, his winemaker, Bob Levy, and consultant, Frenchman Michel Rolland continue to produce what may be the single most profound wine in California. This wine possesses all the elements of greatness - individuality, power combined with elegance, extraordinary complexity, remarkable aging potential, and compelling richness without ponderousness.\" Published Dec 22, 1998","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963165945915,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-1996-F0L0C0","price":1595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-1996-F0L0C0_f2010f18-d54b-494c-affb-354b9901e77f.jpg?v=1742521296"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1999-750ml","title":"1999 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"VM95+ \"Good medium ruby-red. Slightly high-toned aromas of dark raspberry, spicecake, licorice and minerals. Densely packed, ripe and savory, with its very ripe, slightly inky flavors of dark berries and licorice extended on the back end by strong saline minerality. This highly concentrated, powerfully structured wine boasts excellent acidity and the ripe tannic spine for further positive development in bottle. Finishes with a repeating licorice quality and outstanding palate-staining length.\" ST for VM May 2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWS95 \"Taut and slow to unfold, with green and black olive, savory herb and mocha flavors, unfolding with layers of currant, plum, espresso bean and mineral, followed by an impressive finish. From a cool year.--Non-blind Harlan retrospective (2010).\" SL for WS Nov 2010","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963166699579,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-1999-F0L0C0","price":949.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-1999-F0L0C0_25189720-9714-4077-8612-531d5b4aab14.jpg?v=1742521295"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2001-750ml","title":"2001 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP 100 \"This wine, which first debuted in 1990, has probably garnered more perfect scores than any other Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2001 is just entering a young adolescent stage of development, exhibiting extraordinary nuances such as sweet, loamy soil and earthy minerality intermixed with some background smoke, black currant liqueur, plum, Asian spice and new saddle leather. Full-bodied, it possesses great intensity, with stunning flavors that are viscous enough to coat the mouth, but never become heavy or overbearing. The wine has a remarkable purity, concentration and intensity that should carry it for another 30+ years. This is already very promising, and for those who own it, I would suggest a good two to three hours of decanting prior to service. (RP)\" (June 2011)\n\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963166797883,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-2001-F0L0C0","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-2001-F0L0C0_b7616ab8-abf8-43dc-bb67-258804a5b169.jpg?v=1682620333"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2002-750ml","title":"2002 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP100 \"The extraordinary Harlan Estate, which I awarded 100 points seven years ago, offers no justifiable reason to doubt its perfect score. It is still a baby, with an inky purple color and notes of smoky camphor intermixed with creme de cassis, Asian soy and a hint of cedar beginning to emerge as well as some espresso and subtle damp forest floor notes. The wine has awesome intensity, a full-bodied mouthfeel, a skyscraper-like texture, and a finish that goes on for close to a minute. This is a perfect wine, still youthful and young, and not even in full adolescence as of 2012. It has 40 or more years ahead of it, but should hit its plateau of full maturity in another 5-10 years. It is certainly one of the most showy, flamboyant and remarkable Harlan Estates made to date. Kudos to Bill Harlan!\" RP Jun 2012\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963167551547,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-2002-F0L0C0","price":1695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-2002-F0L0C0_ddefce56-7366-4fac-afd4-ab9df0cd2d9b.jpg?v=1684439226"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2003-750ml","title":"2003 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98+ \"One of the most backward yet promising wines of the vintage is the 2003 Harlan Estate. Its dense opaque plum\/purple color is accompanied by a sumptuous bouquet of graphite, camphor, creme de cassis, smoky barbecue wood and a hint of forest floor. Similar flavors hit the mouth with full-bodied splendor, a multidimensional mouthfeel and texture, and the sensational finish lasts more than 45 seconds.\" RPJun 2013","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963167617083,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-2003-F0L0C0","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-2003-F0L0C0_19f78dfa-2a19-459b-b836-b8ca85329b96.jpg?v=1742521293"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2004-750ml","title":"2004 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP 98 \"Another rating identical to that which was given in 2007 (when first tasted from bottle), the 2004 Harlan Estate is performing essentially the way I suggested in 2007 as it is one of the more precocious and accessible of the Harlan Estate wines to date. A great showing at this retrospective, this wine, which seems like a hypothetical blend of a Pauillac, St.-Estephe and Graves, represents around 1,500 cases from 40 acres of beautifully manicured hillside vineyards overlooking Oakville. Still dense purple to the rim, with notes of creme de cassis, charcoal, blackberry and sweet toast, the wine is full-bodied and voluptuously textured with the tannins largely resolved. But the density and richness suggest this wine can go a long, long way, even though the window for drinking it seems open and inviting already. A world-class, first-growth wine if there ever was one from Napa, this is simply an exquisite Harlan Estate that has atypically reached mid to late adolescence at the age of ten. That is great given the fact that these are 30- to 40-year wines ? possibly even half-century wines. Drink it over the next 30 years. (RP)\" (April 2014)\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963167879227,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-2004-F0L0C0","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-0750-2004-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1605763916"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2005-750ml","title":"2005 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP98+ \"Its bigger brother, or sister, depending on the point of view, is the extremely young, fresh, vigorous, yet still exuberant and promising 2005 Harlan Estate. Normally, the blends on these wines tend to be 85%-90% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest tiny proportions of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and possibly some Petit Verdot, although I don’t recall that being a very important part of the estate vineyard. The 2005 is incredibly youthful at age ten, although certainly drinkable. And who wouldn’t consume it if they had the opportunity? It will benefit from another 5-10 years of cellaring and certainly has 30 or more years left in its evolutionary curve. Gorgeous, and tasting akin to a hypothetical Pauillac blended with a great Pessac-Léognan from Bordeaux comes to mind because of the smoky, subtle barbecue notes, fruitcake, forest floor, graphite and minerality. The wine has stunning fruit and a full-bodied, powerful richness, yet is still nimble on its feet. This is a classic Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from an absolutely magnificent hillside vineyard in the Mayacamas Mountains overlooking the Oakville corridor on the valley floor. This opaque, garnet\/purple wine is another tour de force and, once again, proves that Harlan Estate is not only one of the greatest wines of California, but of the world.\" RP Jun 2015","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963168075835,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-2005-F0L0C0","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-2005-F0L0C0_2dd3cb67-96c9-4aec-8f25-8e7e58e0632c.jpg?v=1742521292"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2006-750ml","title":"2006 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"JS 98 \"Intense aromas of black pepper, blueberry, blackberry, tar, and black licorice. Full bodied, with amazing length and a toned muscular character. This lasts for minutes. Like a world class ballerina. It is held back and beautiful. Please leave this alone until 2015!\" (April 2011)\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963168141371,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-0750-2006-F0L0C0","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-0750-2006-F0L0C0_1f4d9c50-6faa-4cb9-81f1-41030cf2efb1.jpg?v=1742521291"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1996-1-5l-owc","title":"1996 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Magnum (1.5L), OWC","description":"RP98 \"The opaque purple-colored 1996 Harlan Estate reveals extraordinary intensity, a spicy, black currant, tobacco, cedar, and fruit cake-scented bouquet, full body, a texture oozing with glycerin and concentrated fruit, and moderate tannin in the blockbuster finish. It is one of the most concentrated and complete red wines one could hope to taste.\" RP Dec 1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"The 1996 Harlan Estate appears to be one of the vintage's most noteworthy offerings. Some 1996s tend to be rustic, with more obtrusive tannin than their 1995 and 1994 counterparts, but that charge cannot be made here. The 1996 exhibits a tell-tale opaque purple\/plum color, as well as a spectacular soaring nose of wood fire, roasted herbs, black currants, tobacco, minerals, and all spice. The wine is full-bodied and multi-layered, with terrific flavor concentration, well-integrated tannin, and a blockbuster finish. This is another candidate for perfection. As accolades spilled from my mouth like a baby dribbling milk, I was told the wine had been bottled the day before my visit!\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nProprietor Bill Harlan, his winemaker, Bob Levy, and consultant, Frenchman Michel Rolland continue to produce what may be the single most profound wine in California. This wine possesses all the elements of greatness - individuality, power combined with elegance, extraordinary complexity, remarkable aging potential, and compelling richness without ponderousness.\" Published Dec 22, 1998","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963171483707,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-1500-1996-F0L0C0","price":3195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-1500-1996-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1771273928"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-1996-3-pack-owc-750ml","title":"1996 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 3 Btls","description":"RP98 \"The opaque purple-colored 1996 Harlan Estate reveals extraordinary intensity, a spicy, black currant, tobacco, cedar, and fruit cake-scented bouquet, full body, a texture oozing with glycerin and concentrated fruit, and moderate tannin in the blockbuster finish. It is one of the most concentrated and complete red wines one could hope to taste.\" RP Dec 1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRobert Parker writes, \"The 1996 Harlan Estate appears to be one of the vintage's most noteworthy offerings. Some 1996s tend to be rustic, with more obtrusive tannin than their 1995 and 1994 counterparts, but that charge cannot be made here. The 1996 exhibits a tell-tale opaque purple\/plum color, as well as a spectacular soaring nose of wood fire, roasted herbs, black currants, tobacco, minerals, and all spice. The wine is full-bodied and multi-layered, with terrific flavor concentration, well-integrated tannin, and a blockbuster finish. This is another candidate for perfection. As accolades spilled from my mouth like a baby dribbling milk, I was told the wine had been bottled the day before my visit!\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nProprietor Bill Harlan, his winemaker, Bob Levy, and consultant, Frenchman Michel Rolland continue to produce what may be the single most profound wine in California. This wine possesses all the elements of greatness - individuality, power combined with elegance, extraordinary complexity, remarkable aging potential, and compelling richness without ponderousness.\" Published Dec 22, 1998","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963177513019,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK03-1996-F0L0C0","price":4895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-PK03-1996-F0L0C0_875c808d-0c9e-4378-80a5-194a07fc7f49.jpg?v=1701210757"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2004-3-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2004 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 3 Btls","description":"RP 98 \"Another rating identical to that which was given in 2007 (when first tasted from bottle), the 2004 Harlan Estate is performing essentially the way I suggested in 2007 as it is one of the more precocious and accessible of the Harlan Estate wines to date. A great showing at this retrospective, this wine, which seems like a hypothetical blend of a Pauillac, St.-Estephe and Graves, represents around 1,500 cases from 40 acres of beautifully manicured hillside vineyards overlooking Oakville. Still dense purple to the rim, with notes of creme de cassis, charcoal, blackberry and sweet toast, the wine is full-bodied and voluptuously textured with the tannins largely resolved. But the density and richness suggest this wine can go a long, long way, even though the window for drinking it seems open and inviting already. A world-class, first-growth wine if there ever was one from Napa, this is simply an exquisite Harlan Estate that has atypically reached mid to late adolescence at the age of ten. That is great given the fact that these are 30- to 40-year wines ? possibly even half-century wines. Drink it over the next 30 years. (RP)\" (April 2014)\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963177775163,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK03-2004-F0L0C0","price":3150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-PK03-2004-F0L0C0_b8526ac1-e8d6-4ac3-82cf-3fa9999f0746.jpg?v=1591836632"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2006-3-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2006 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 3 Btls","description":"JS 98 \"Intense aromas of black pepper, blueberry, blackberry, tar, and black licorice. Full bodied, with amazing length and a toned muscular character. This lasts for minutes. Like a world class ballerina. It is held back and beautiful. Please leave this alone until 2015!\" (April 2011)\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963177939003,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK03-2006-F0L0C0","price":3150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-PK03-2006-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1588283334"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2000-6-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2000 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls","description":"DR94 \"The 2000 Harlan Estate, a wine uncannily reminiscent of a 1990 Médoc, is at what seems to be a peak - or a plateau - of maturity. A projected bouquet includes notes of ripe plums, black cherry, wood smoke and cigar box. On the palate the tannins have begun to melt, making for a wine of immense drinkability and seductiveness. A Harlan Estate with a Bordelais sensibility.\" WK for DR\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Harlan Estate and its perfectionist owner, Bill Harlan, who is backed up by the peerless team of Michel Rolland and Bob Levy, is truly an estate of monumental aspirations that more often than not hits the proverbial bull’s eye. As I have written so many times before, what makes Harlan such a singular tasting experience is that while it is a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated offering from the hillsides above the Oakville Corridor, and it obviously has the power and extraordinary ripeness afforded by Napa Valley’s favorable viticultural climate, it has a degree of complexity that is only shared by a handful of other California Cabernet-based wines, and the finest Bordeaux. Harlan Estate represents exactly what a genius owner, who suffers no fools, and refuses to make any compromises, is capable of achieving ... is that a surprise?\" RP Dec 2003","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963178758203,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK06-2000-F0L0C0","price":5995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-PK06-2000-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1641597387"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2002-6-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2002 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls","description":"RP 100 \"The extraordinary Harlan Estate, which I awarded 100 points seven years ago, offers no justifiable reason to doubt its perfect score. It is still a baby, with an inky purple color and notes of smoky camphor intermixed with creme de cassis, Asian soy and a hint of cedar beginning to emerge as well as some espresso and subtle damp forest floor notes. The wine has awesome intensity, a full-bodied mouthfeel, a skyscraper-like texture, and a finish that goes on for close to a minute. This is a perfect wine, still youthful and young, and not even in full adolescence as of 2012. It has 40 or more years ahead of it, but should hit its plateau of full maturity in another 5-10 years. It is certainly one of the most showy, flamboyant and remarkable Harlan Estates made to date. Kudos to Bill Harlan! (RP)\" (June 2012)\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963179479099,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK06-2002-F0L0C0","price":10200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHARHARL-PK06-2002-F0L0C0_1ee36d60-750f-41ff-95c0-9f085f5a5558.jpg?v=1684439315"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2004-6-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2004 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls","description":"RP 98 \"Another rating identical to that which was given in 2007 (when first tasted from bottle), the 2004 Harlan Estate is performing essentially the way I suggested in 2007 as it is one of the more precocious and accessible of the Harlan Estate wines to date. A great showing at this retrospective, this wine, which seems like a hypothetical blend of a Pauillac, St.-Estephe and Graves, represents around 1,500 cases from 40 acres of beautifully manicured hillside vineyards overlooking Oakville. Still dense purple to the rim, with notes of creme de cassis, charcoal, blackberry and sweet toast, the wine is full-bodied and voluptuously textured with the tannins largely resolved. But the density and richness suggest this wine can go a long, long way, even though the window for drinking it seems open and inviting already. A world-class, first-growth wine if there ever was one from Napa, this is simply an exquisite Harlan Estate that has atypically reached mid to late adolescence at the age of ten. That is great given the fact that these are 30- to 40-year wines ? possibly even half-century wines. Drink it over the next 30 years. (RP)\" (April 2014)\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Estate, Napa Valley","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963179544635,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK06-2004-F0L0C0","price":6300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-PK06-2004-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1602521151"},{"product_id":"harlan-estate-2005-6-pack-owc-750ml","title":"2005 Harlan Estate, Napa Valley, Case of 6 btls","description":"RP98+ \"Its bigger brother, or sister, depending on the point of view, is the extremely young, fresh, vigorous, yet still exuberant and promising 2005 Harlan Estate. Normally, the blends on these wines tend to be 85%-90% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest tiny proportions of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and possibly some Petit Verdot, although I don’t recall that being a very important part of the estate vineyard. The 2005 is incredibly youthful at age ten, although certainly drinkable. And who wouldn’t consume it if they had the opportunity? It will benefit from another 5-10 years of cellaring and certainly has 30 or more years left in its evolutionary curve. Gorgeous, and tasting akin to a hypothetical Pauillac blended with a great Pessac-Léognan from Bordeaux comes to mind because of the smoky, subtle barbecue notes, fruitcake, forest floor, graphite and minerality. The wine has stunning fruit and a full-bodied, powerful richness, yet is still nimble on its feet. This is a classic Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from an absolutely magnificent hillside vineyard in the Mayacamas Mountains overlooking the Oakville corridor on the valley floor. This opaque, garnet\/purple wine is another tour de force and, once again, proves that Harlan Estate is not only one of the greatest wines of California, but of the world.\" RP Jun 2015","brand":"Harlan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963179610171,"sku":"USR:HAR:HARL-PK06-2005-F0L0C0","price":6950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USRHARHARL-PK06-2005-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1742521287"},{"product_id":"hundred-acre-kayli-morgan-2002-750ml","title":"2002 Hundred Acre, Kayli Morgan Vineyard, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"RP100 \"The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan Vineyard is medium to deep garnet colored with Black Forest cake, plums preserves and crème de cassis bursting forth from the glass with hints of blueberry compote, hoisin, espresso and star anise with wafts of potpourri and oolong tea. The palate is full-bodied, rich and beautifully plush, with tons of spicy fireworks lifting the sexy black fruit, finishing with amazing length and depth.\" LPB for WA Dec 2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\"In each of my tastings of the 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan, the wine has gotten better and better, and that has been true of nearly every vintage of Hundred Acre I have tasted since the debut 2000. The 2002 was rated 94-96 from barrel, 98 in February 2005 from bottle, and now, the magic three-digit score.\" RP Jun 2012","brand":"Hundred Acre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963186524219,"sku":"USR:HUN:HAKM-0750-2002-F0L0C0","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHUNHAKM-0750-2002-F0L0C0_aa9fa088-1160-4b30-965f-696add1d1320.jpg?v=1689012727"},{"product_id":"hundred-acre-kayli-morgan-2003-1-5l","title":"2003 Hundred Acre, Kayli Morgan Vineyard, Napa Valley, Magnum (1.5L) OWC","description":"RP98 \"Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan Vineyard opens with wonderfully earthy, savory notes of truffles, black olives, charcuterie and fertile loam with a core of blackberry preserves, mincemeat pie and blueberry compote with hints of Indian spices, cardamom and scorched earth. The full-bodied palate is completely jam-packed with black fruit preserves and spicy nuances, with a very long, savory finish.\" LPB for WA Dec 2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\"One of Napa’s most fascinating characters and high quality wine producers is undeniably Jayson Woodbridge, a bigger than life guy that may have been Howard Hughes in a different life. He has been hitting home runs since he first started Hundred Acre in the eastern hillsides of Napa Valley, near St. Helena, in 2000. When you talk about winemakers who think outside the box, I doubt there has ever been a box big enough to hold this guy.\" RP Jun 2013","brand":"Hundred Acre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963186819131,"sku":"USR:HUN:HAKM-1500-2003-F0L0C0","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/USRHUNHAKM-1500-2003-F0L0C0.jpg?v=1778628043"},{"product_id":"opus-one-1982-750ml","title":"1982 Opus One, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)","description":"\"The 1982 Opus One is one of the more direct wines in this complete vertical. There is plenty of fruit in the glass, but at the same time, the tannins aren't as polished as they are in other vintages of the same era. Today, the 1982 comes across as a bit burly and rough around the edges. The depth of the fruit suggests the 1982 might actually still benefit from further time in bottle! The blend is 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc and 2% Merlot.\" AG Jun 2013\u003cbr\u003eOpus One, Napa Valley\u003cbr\u003eFrom: Opus One – Past, Present and Future: 1979-2012 (Jun 2013): I wasn't sure what to expect as I walked into the massive Opus One winery a few weeks ago. The opportunity to survey an estate's entire production is not something that happens every day. At this level, wines can express so much; the spirit of the people involved, the characteristics of where they are from, and the personality of a vintage. Opus One is among the most famous wines in Napa Valley, but quality has been up and down over the years. How would the wines show? Well, that was answered loud and clear a few hours later. I found the best wines from the early days still in great shape, with a handful that remain truly outstanding. With the last few vintages, Opus One seems to have entered a newfound period of brilliance.","brand":"Opus One","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32963194781755,"sku":"USR:OPU:OPUS-0750-1982-F0L0C0","price":649.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/products\/USROPUOPUS-0750-1982-F0L0C0_71a7b5a4-2392-4b55-9378-30d968a79a12.jpg?v=1664490870"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/collections\/Eagle1992_collection.jpg?v=1693955463","url":"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/collections\/california-cult-wines\/new-arrival.oembed?page=8","provider":"Grand Cru Liquid Assets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}